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Conservatives Get Things Done in Productive
Spring Sitting of Parliament
Innisfil Scope
June 26, 2007
By Peter Van Loan, MP, York-Simcoe
Back in January, Canada’s New Government
laid out the priorities for the spring
sitting of parliament.
We promised a budget that would continue to
reduce taxes, keep spending focused on
results, and restore fiscal balance.
We said we would:
- Continue tackling crime to improve public safety;
- Continue reforming our political
institutions to make them more democratic
and accountable;
- Continue working to restore Canada’s role
as a major contributor on the world stage;
- And continue developing a comprehensive
and realistic plan for controlling and
reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas
emissions.
Now at the end of the spring sitting, I’m
pleased to say we have made progress on all
those priorities.
We passed 26 bills into law this spring,
including 13 that received royal assent.
The centerpiece of the Government’s spring
agenda was the 2007 Budget. Its passage
marked the first time in 40 years that a
minority government has passed a second
consecutive budget.
Budget 2007 restores fiscal balance in
Canada, cuts taxes for working families,
implements the tax fairness plan including
$1 billion in tax relief for seniors,
reduces the national debt, and invests in
key priorities like improving health care
and environmental protection.
We’ve also made progress on criminal justice
reform:
• We have eliminated house arrest for people
who commit serious, violent crimes;
• Created stiff sentences for street racers
who hurt innocent bystanders; and
• Made it harder for gangsters and
terrorists to launder dirty money and
finance their criminal operations.
Unfortunately, the unaccountable,
Liberal-dominated Senate refused to pass
several important crime bills and
effectively killed Bill S-4, legislation
that would reduce maximum terms of Senators
from 45 years down to eight years.
Canadians want safe streets and accountable
legislators, and they won’t stand for an
institution that stands in their way.
Canadians want this minority parliament to
continue getting things done for Canadian
taxpayers and for all our families.
Our country is more prosperous, stronger and
more united than it’s been in 30 years.
My job, and the job of all of us in
parliament, is to keep building on this
success.
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